THE PAINS IN THE HEART

The sufferings in the foreign land Early hour rush in the name of lectures The noon hunger owing to financial crash The civil disturbances and the battle for freedom The late hour sleep in the name of exams The camp enslavement, the call to serve ones fatherland The street wandering in the name of job searching The financial wastage in the name of applications The stresses in the name of aptitude test The plea and lobbying in the name of favor …just the pains in the hearts I mean the pains in the bone Just the worries in the heart I mean, hunger in the belly The dying ideas in the memories Cometh the favors, where? Come the manner as it was in the old? Where comes the pleasure of the jobless scholars? Hope, still in hanging Peace in the grave… Behold, there comes a moment in life Such a moment un-known I mean the time far from reality but definitely It shall come no matter how long it may be Hope alive! Abraham Olusegun Adeleye Writes from Okemesi Ekiti